Golf-ball.



UNITED STATES P TENT OFFI E.

KEMPSHALL MAN UFAOTURING COMPANY, OF ARLINGTON, NEWYERSEY,

A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

GO UF-BALL.

. SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 712,413, dated October 2 8, 1902.

I Application filed June 14, 1902- Serial No. 111,781 (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANCIS H. RICHARDS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hartford, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in GOII BEIIIS, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to playing-balls and its object is to'produce at lowcost a strong ro ball having flying and other properties especially adapting it for use in golf and similar games.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a part-sectional view of a ball made in accord r 5 ance with my presentimprovements and Fig.

2 is a view showing a segment of the perforatedhard-rubber casing.

In the views like parts are designated by similar characters of reference.

20. For the core of the ball I preferably employ a sphere l of uncured or partially-cured rnb- Over this I place a layer 2 of hard ber.

, rubber such as used in making hard-rubber goods of commerce and which is provided with z 5 perforations 3. Upon this hard-rubber layer I apply segments 4 of rubber, which is preferably strong and able to sustain rough usage without cracking or chipping. The several elements of the balls thus assembled I place 0 in a forming-mold, and then I heat the mold and ball to an extent to cure more thoroughly all of the rubber components of'the ball, the curing proceeding far enough to produce a ball having the required characteristics. In

3 5.curing the several elements each is welded to its mate, while allof the components of the ball are welded together, thus forming a solid and strong ball. By having the several components of the ball originally cured to a cer- 4o tain extent the liability of the sulfur from The hard-rubber shell 3 gives a'very quick forms a large portion of the body of the ball, mayibe of a very firm quality of rubber and such as will quickly recover itself'from a blow. The outer portion of the ball should be of a tough quality of rubber-such as used, for instance, in forming leather belting and other articles which are subjected to rough usage; By being cured upon the inner portion of the ball said casingis renderedlproof against disruption from the latter, which is a very important feature in this class of. balls.

Thus I produce a ball which is unaffected by the heat of a summers day andis phenomenally tough and durable and has such extraordinary flying power as to render it suitable for the game of g'olf,while, as will be ob served, it may be produced at low cost.

It will be understood that the core 1 and the hard-rubber layer thereupon are both put into a state of permanent compression, so that they tend constantly to expand the outer rubber shell 4, or, in other words, the com-- pound shell of the ball holds the filling in a state of normal compression.-

Variations may be resorted to within the scope of my improvements. f

Having thus described my invention, I claim A 1. A ball comprising a firm core, a layer of hardrubber upon said core, said layer 'having perforations, and'a casing of tough rubber embedded in said perforations; all of said rubber elements being vulcanized together.

' 2. A ball comprising a firm rubber core, a layer of hard rubber having perforations upon said core, and a casing of tough rubber embedded in said perforations; all of said. rubber elements being vulcanized together.

3. A playing-ball comprising a relatively thin perforated shell of hard'rubber backed together.

.. 9 byyjelding core and also faced by yielding tough rubber, all of said partsbeing vulcan- 5. .In a playing-ball, a perforated shell of hard rubber'baoketlby a sphere of soft rubher, said shell and: sphere being vulcanized together.

5 v 6. In aplaying-ball, the combination with a perforated thin-hard-rubber shell, of a softe'r-rubbersphere thereon and vulcanized thereto.

'7. In a playing-ball, the combination vith 10 a perforated thin hard-rubber shell, of asoftrubbersphere therein,a,nd vulcanized thereto.

8. In a playing-ball,- the combination with a. perforated thin hard-rubber shell, of a soft rubbersphere thereinand vnleanized thereto, I and a harder casing thereon and vulcanized '15 thereto.

9. In a playing-ball, a shell eomprising a' layer of hard rubber-provided with openings and a layer of tough material thereon, and a filling within said hard-rubber layer; said 0 filling consisting at leastpartially of soft rubber, and being vulcanized to said shell.

' FRANCIS H.-RIQHARDS. Witnesses: t v,

F. W. BA'RNYACLO, 913. 0. ST1oKNEv. 

